Timeline of Bourges

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bourges, France.

Prior to 20th century[]

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• 2nd–3rd century CE – Roman Catholic diocese of Bourges established.^[1]
• 475 CE – Visigoths in power.^[2]
• 762 – Siege and conquest by the Franks under King Pepin the Short.
• 1195 – Bourges Cathedral construction begins (approximate date).
• 1225 – Religious Council of Bourges held.
• 1312 – Coutume de Berry (law) written (approximate date).^[3]
• 1380 – Public clock installed (approximate date).^[4]
• 1412 -  [fr] during the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War.
• 1424 - Bourges astronomical clock installed in the cathedral.^[4]
• 7 July 1438 – Religious council held, resulting in the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges.^[2]
• 1463 – University of Bourges founded.^[2]
• 1487 –  [fr].
• 1492 –  [fr] (town hall) built.^[5]
• 1510 –  [fr] built.^[6]
• 1528 – Religious council held.^[2]
• 1573 –  [fr] founded.
• 1584 – Religious council held.^[7]
• 1645 – Hôtel de Bourbon [fr] built.^[8]
• 1790 – Bourges becomes part of the Cher souveraineté.^[9]
• 1793 – Population: 15,964.^[9]
• 1796 –  [fr] established.^[10]
• 1831 – Canal de Berry constructed.
• 1834 – Musée du Berry (museum) founded.^[6]
• 1866 – Société des antiquaires du Centre founded.^[11][1]
• 1875 – Société de géographie de Bourges formed.^[11][2]
• 1886 – Population: 42,829.^[12]
• 1893 – Dépêche du Berry newspaper begins publication.^[13]
• 1898 –  [fr] begins operating.

20th century[]

• 1911 – Population: 45,735.^[14]
• 1927 –  [fr] opens.^[6]
• 1928 – Bourges Airport opens.^{[citation needed]}
• 1944 – 36 Jews are taken from Bourges by the Milice in a rafle under the command of Joseph Lécussan and buried alive in the countryside.^[15]
• 1961 –  [fr] (theatre group) formed.
• 1963 –  [fr] opens.
• 1964 – Société d'archéologie et d'histoire du Berry founded.^[11]
• 1966 – Bourges 18 football club formed.
• 1975 – Population: 77,300.^[9]
• 1977 – Printemps de Bourges music festival begins.
• 1985 –  [fr] (city hall) built.
• 1986 – Conservatoire national du Pélargonium (garden) established.^[16]
• 1989 –  [fr] (transit entity) established.
• 1991 – Stade des Grosses Plantes (stadium) opens.
• 1995 – Serge Lepeltier becomes mayor.

21st century[]

• 2006 –  [fr] opens.
• 2014 – Pascal Blanc becomes mayor.

See also[]

• Bourges history (fr)
•  [fr]
• List of bishops of Bourges
•  [fr]

Other cities in the Centre-Val de Loire region:

• Timeline of Orléans
• Timeline of Tours

References[]

This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and German Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

External links[]

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